Nights with Shakespeare Presents: 12th Night Or, What You Will

Nights with Shakespeare's next comedic play reading will be returning on Tuesday, March 4th!!!

We are excited that Twelfth Night will be the chosen work, spanning 8 weeks total. 

"Twelfth Night, or What You Will" is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. 

The play centers on the twins Viola and Sebastian, who are separated in a shipwreck. Viola (disguised as a page named 'Cesario') falls in love with the Duke Orsino, who in turn is in love with Countess Olivia. Upon meeting Viola, Countess Olivia falls in love with her, thinking she is a man.

The play expanded on the musical interludes and riotous disorder expected of the occasion,with plot elements drawn from Barnabe Rich's short story "Of Apollonius and Silla", based on a story by Matteo Bandello. The first documented public performance was on 2 February 1602, at Candlemas, the formal end of Christmastide in the year's calendar. The play was not published until its inclusion in the 1623 First Folio. –Wikipedia

The dates are as follows, with each night beginning at 6:30PM, at Scinto Auditorium located at 3 Corporate Drive, Shelton CT: